What you are about to hear is a little piece of video game history.

In 1982, a book was published with the simple title, Video Games.

We recently came into possession of a copy of this book.

The cover reads, here it is, it's the amazing true story of how it all began.

Here's the thrill, the excitement and the fun of video games.

I'm Damon Hatfield, myself and a few Igin friends when I read this book to you.

Remember, these words are coming from 1982.

Here we go.

This is Video Games, the audiobook.

Chapter 1, The hottest game in town.

If you've been living in a very deep cave for the last four or five years, you may never

have heard of Pac-Man, or Space Invaders, or Asteroids, or Donkey Kong, or Tron.

If you come blinking and squinting out of your dark cave, you may be temporarily blinded

by the flashing lights and shifting colors.

You will be confused by the beeps and bleeps and the little electronic jingles.

You may be alarmed by the ominous electronic voices warning of an alien intruder, and

you will certainly wonder what all those people are doing pushing buttons, wiggling levers,

and throwing one quarter after another down a slot.

In short, if you have been completely out of touch, you may never have heard of video

games.

The rest of you know that video games are the hottest things around.

You've already tossed down more quarters than you want to think about in the arcades.

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